FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Art Kino Odeon Izola
This month we speak to Petra Božič, the head of Art Kino Odeon from Izola, Slovenia. The cinema has been part of the public institution Center za kulturo, šport in …
Three Documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe Score Slots in EFA Selection
BERLIN: Three documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe have been included in the first ever EFA Documentary Selection for the 28th European Film Awards. The selection comprises 15 European documentaries.
FNE TV: Pascal Diot, head of the Venice Film Market
FNE asked Pascal Diot what were the most important new initiatives at this year’s Venice Film Market and what opportunities are on offer for producers from central and eastern Europe.
FESTIVALS: The Duke of Burgundy Wins Cinematik Film Festival
PIEŠTANY: The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland won the Meeting Point Europe Award at the 10th Cinematik Film Festival running from 10 to 15 September 2015, while wave vs.…
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Announces Changes
ZAGREB: This year’s edition of Zagreb Film Festival will take place from 14 to 22 November. The central programme will focus on fiction films, while documentaries will screen only in…
TNT to Be Launched in Romania
BUCHAREST: Turner Broadcasting System’s flagship entertainment brand TNT will be launched in Romania on 6 October 2015. The channel will broadcast in SD and HD.
Tetraktys Catalogue Available on VOD
NICOSIA: The world sales, distribution and production company Tetraktys Films has put documentaries and short fiction films from its catalogue on the Vimeo VOD platform.
Slovenia Selects The Tree as Its Oscar Bid
LJUBLJANA: Sonja Prosenc’s debut feature The Tree has been selected by the Association of Slovenian Filmmakers (DSFU) as the country's candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy…
Estonia Submits 1944 for the Oscars
TALLINN: Estonia selected Elmo Nüganen’s 1944 for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards. The film is an Estonian/Finnish coproduction.
Obituary: Writer Rezo Cheishvili
TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian writer and screenwriter Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili passed away at 82. He wrote the script of Eldar Shengelaia's famous Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983, Kartuli Pilmi), an…
Obituary: Actress Oana Ioachim
BUCHAREST: Theatre and film actress Oana Ioachim passed away on 11 September 2015 at the age of 48. She played in Amen by Costa-Gavras and more recently in Răzvan Săvescu's…
Lithuanian and Polish Producers Sail towards the Baltics
VILNIUS / GDYNIA: Twelve film producers from Lithuania and Poland actively working in the area of international coproduction, embarked on one of the most beautiful sailing vessels Brabander on 12…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: Life Must Go On
GDYNIA: Maciej Migas’s debut feature Life Must Go On will compete in the main competition at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film starring the popular actor…
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: New World
GDYNIA: Young filmmakers Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski and Michał Wawrzecki explore the reality of an immigrant’s life in New World, a drama selected for the main competition of the 40th…
Submission Deadline Approaches for Digital Production Challenge II
VILNIUS: The 7th edition of Digital Production Challenge II, a European workshop on digital production, will take place in Vilnius from 4 to 7 November 2015 in close cooperation with…
FNE at Venice 2015: Venice Film Festival Prize Winners
VENICE: The Golden Lion for Best Film at the 72 Venice International Film Festival (2-12 September) went to Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ From Afar a story set in the run-down…
FNE FIPRESCI Critics at Venice 2015: See how the critics rated the films
VENICE: FNE together with FIPRESCI invited FIPRESCI critics in Venice to rate the films in all four of the official competition programmes of the festival giving the films 1,2,3,4 or…
Who’s Partying at: FIPRESCI Venice Awards Ceremony and FNE FIPRESCI Critics With Slovak Film Institute Materials
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Anca Mitran Selected as the New General Director of the Romanian CNC
BUCHAREST: Anca Mitran has won the contest organised by the Ministry of Culture and will be appointed General Director at the National Film Center (CNC).
Georgia and Lithuania Announce Their Oscar Bids
TBILISI/VILNIUS: Levan Tutberidze's Moira and Alanté Kavaïté’s The Summer of Sangaile have been selected by Georgia and Lithuania to compete in the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film.
